Poll: Health care is a tax hike

The Affordable Care Act is a tax hike, a majority of American voters say, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Fifty-five percent of voters say the health care law is a tax hike, compared with 36 percent who say it isn’t.

Meanwhile, a plurality — 49 percent — also say that Congress should repeal the ACA, while 43 percent say the law should not be repealed.

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The Supreme Court recently upheld the core of the ACA’s provision, a move that 59 percent of American voters say will not affect their vote. Twenty-seven percent of voters say that it makes them less likely to vote for President Barack Obama, while 12 percent say it makes them more likely to vote for him.

Health care is an “extremely important” or “very important” issue for 55 percent of Americans, the poll finds.

On another topic, a large number of voters — 61 percent to 34 percent — want an Arizona-style immigration law in their state.

The Arizona immigration law allows police to check the immigration status of those they have stopped or arrested if they suspect the person to be in the country illegally.

Two-thirds of American voters said they were aware of the congressional contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious scandal. Forty-four percent of respondents said they supported the vote, compared with 29 percent who opposed it; though 42 percent said the vote was political and 36 percent said it was a legitimate attempt to get information.

Meanwhile, American voters agree 55 percent to 39 percent with the president’s executive action that would put an end to the deportation of some young illegal immigrants. Though 51 percent said this move would not affect their vote, 30 percent said it made them less likely to support the president.

The poll was conducted July 1-8, with a sample of 2,722 registered voters and a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

This is total BS. If 49% want it repealed why only 27% against Obama? What sense does that make? These healthcare polls are trash. Every time someone conducts one, the results are all over the map. Totally inconclusive and a waste of time. Move on already.

Hey chalons, so when you are caught speeding and the government charges you say $350, that's now a tax. Is that right? Unless what you said applies only to the federal government and only for non-Republican administrations. If you have something to say, try to make it at least semi-intelligent.

ey chalons, so when you are caught speeding and the government charges you say $350, that's now a tax. Is that right? Unless what you said applies only to the federal government and only for non-Republican administrations. If you have something to say, try to make it at least semi-intelligent.

Wow.. Really? Speeding tickets? It is my choice to speed and live with the consequences if i get caught. The government does not tell me to speed, just like the government should not tell me to buy something and if I dont tax me because I am making a CHOICE. Maybe you should take your own advice and think of something semi-intelligent to say. You sound like the same liberals that talk about car insurance thinking its mandatory, guess what, its only mandatory by states if you drive? What if i do not drive? Should I be taxed because I do not have a GM Car? What if I buy a Japanese car? Can the Government now tax me because I do not want a POS GM Car?

Hey chalons, so when you are caught speeding and the government charges you say $350, that's now a tax. Is that right? Unless what you said applies only to the federal government and only for non-Republican administrations. If you have something to say, try to make it at least semi-intelligent.

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Gee, I'll bet the Obama administration sure regrets that they didn't have you up in front of the Surpeme Court making your arguments , for if they had, they surely wouldn't have this problem, now would they all wise and all knowing one?

Come people, quit over thinking this. First of all, it doesn't matter what we think because the supreme court has ruled and they are the law of the land. Second, pick you argument. IF you claim it is not a tax, then you must claim that, according to SCOTUS, it is not constitutional and is not, therefore, a valid law. If it is a tax, then it is constitutional and is a valid law. One simple cannot argue that it is not a tax and is a valid law. To do so only makes one look foolish.

THE ENTIRE MANDATE IS A TAX, if you buy insurance or pay the TAX penalty. BOTH ARE TAXES…

Now REPEAL and DEBATE on a BIPARTISAN BASIS a GOOD Replacement, one that includes responsibility for even to poorest among us, if we continue to coddle, we will be Greece soon…..

Some want us to believe that only one percent, the freeloaders will have to pay this new tax (er penalty, whatever, the government takes money, call it what you want, I lose assets). But they are wrong, it is a nex ~tax~ on every working American (over the federally defined income limit), and here is why.

Prior to this new law, I had the option of spending some of my discretionary income on health care insurance.

After this law takes effect, I will be mandated by the federal government to spend some of my income on health care insurance, it is no longer discretionary income, it is a government forced expenditure.

This new tax is not unlike the current funding for social security, it is an insurance program that the government forces you to contribute to, and they call that payment a tax (paying an insurance premium is a tax, has been for a long time).

So, if I decide to spend a little money and pay the penalty (err tax as Scotus has called it), or pay a lot of money and purchase health care insurance, I still do not have discretion on how that part of my income is spent, the federal government has mandated where it should go, confiscated it, err taxed it ,, err taken it as a penalty.. They took it..

With their decision, the Supreme Court upheld yet another large tax increase upon the American people. Raising taxes during a recession is never a good idea, especially when taxes are set to rise again later this year.

People need tax certainty and they need tax reform. It would be best if Congress were able to implement a Simpson-Bowles-esque tax reform plan.

From Gallup-----Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use October 17, 2011 A record-high 50% of Americans say marijuana use should be made legal, up from 46% last year.

Doesn't mean its going to become legal anytime soon

In U.S., Fears of Terrorism After Afghanistan Pullout Subside June 29, 2011 Fifty-five percent of Americans are not worried that the United States' planned withdrawal from Afghanistan will make the U.S. more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

Not to hear Rick Santourm and Newt Gingrich tell it etc etc--- The high and mighty will do as they please- damn popular sentiment

Because I have enough discipline to stay focused on the issue at hand. duh.

So again why didn't you do anything about Medicare Part D before ACA became law...were you not focused on the tax issue then? Or were you not focused because it was a Republican tax hike for seniors.........

The only answer to illegal immigration is “the People’s TEA PARTY, for unlike the rhetoric of the Democrats and Republicans they will reverse Obama’s back door amnesty, sue the cities and states with Sanctuary policies and take away federal funds. Mandated laws for illegal alien education, health care will be reassessed and any laws that contravene the 1986 Immigration Control and Reform Act as Obama’s executive orders will be rescinded. Join the millions upon millions of Constitutional TEA PARTY people, who will put a stop to Obama’s Czars Socialist-Marxist push for an open border agenda and the illegal votes that will be provided and the Republican’s ideology to keep bringing millions of low skilled workers, for their corporate friends. We must rid this sovereign nation of the deep entrenched incumbents, except those who accomplish the American citizens-residents will.